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Explain why Moon exerts a lesser gravitational force on objects as compared to the Earth.

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  7. The unit of g/G is

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  8. What is the SI unit of weight ?

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  9. The earth's gravitaional force causes an acceleration of 5m//s^(2) in ...

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  10. With a specific initial velocity, we can jump higher on the moon than ...

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  11. The value of g on the surface of the moon

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  12. Write the formula to find the magnitude of the gravitational force bet...

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  13. Can mass of a body ever be zero?

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  14. You find your mass to be 42 kg on a weighing machine. In your mass mor...

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  15. How the value of g changes as one moves from equator to pole?

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  16. Why does an object float or sink when placed on the surface of water?

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  17. Why do you feel lighter when you swim?

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  18. Why a truck or a motor but has much wider tyres?

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  19. A body weighs more at poles than at the equator of earth. Why ?

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  20. The weight of an object on the moon is equal to of its weight on the e...

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